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MYTHBUSTED: Zac Efron as Kaneda not happening right now


1:00 AM on 11.16.2010
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And there was joyous noise across the plains, and otaku of all ages cried out in praise at the de-confirmation of Zac Efron possibly playing Kaneda in the live-action Akira.

Digital Spy was told by a representative of the Hughes Brothers that the rumor circling the internet is "not true." Well, if they say so. Slashfilm still says that Warner Bros. is interested in Efron, but that it's "far from a done deal." So we're back to square one again.

Although we still have that Morgan Freeman rumor floating around, which still has neither been confirmed or denied. But I doubt the studios will speak out on that until, obviously, something concrete happens. The mere fact that all these rumors are popping up seems to indicate that there is activity at Warner Bros. to get this film off the ground, though.

As always, we'll keep you up to date.






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The simplest way to resolve this is to hire an all British cast.

We probably won't know who they are and there won't be anything to complain about.
Well there's still the fact that it's set in America (neo-New York? wtf?) and they changed tetsuo's name to travis and there's no clown gang and they'll probably scrap it due to the lack of interest from anyone who actually enjoys akira. And don't forget the fact that they're literally killig one of the most influential films of all time…
lol they're changing his name to Travis? They should change his full name "Travis Touchdown", I'd watch that.
"ZOMG An American adaptation isn't the same as the source material! The movie must automatically suck."
Sigh. I say this every time, but the movie isn't out yet, let's not act like we've seen it. Also, it doesn't affect the source material.
they should change the name from akira to a more american allen or alfred. /sarcasm
They realy should just go all out and rename Kaneda as Canada.
lol I support them renaming him Canada. Canada vs. Travis in a title bout?
What about setting it in Vancouver with an all Canadian cast? That should confuse the naysayers for awhile.
@J-Head: My thoughts exactly.

It's not as if the manga and the original animated film will vanish in a puff of smoke if this happens. They'll still be here. Tearing your hair out over a film that will probably never happen isn't worth the time and energy.
It sure is fun automatically knowing who is an idiot by who is complaining that this AMERICAN film will be taking place in America.

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